March 2009

Spring Cleaning

March 28, 2009

As of last Sunday, the pampas grass is officially gone!  Good thing we got that done because this weekend, the weather is definitely not cooperating. I’m still not sure what to do with this little spot.  The original plan was to plant herbs in the bed where the pampas grass was.  But we were thinking [...]

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Quiltathon – March Day 1

March 28, 2009

Everyone up and sewing?  Hope so.  I have all the borders on dad’s quilt except for the last one and I’m going to get that one on now.  Then I’ll cut the binding, though I ran out of the red I wanted to use so I’ll use another red.  Not sure what I’ll work on [...]

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Redecorating

March 27, 2009

Vince decided the baby chicks’ setup wasn’t quite right.  We had a long trough type feeder in their Rubbermaid home.  If we put just a little bit of feed in there, they almost had to stand on their heads to get to the food.  So, we filled it up to the top and then the [...]

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Did They Grow?

March 27, 2009

I think the babies grew while I was sleeping!  Here they are from last night: Here they are this morning: See that little dark Araucana near the front of the picture  . near the feeder?  Look at the little tufts below his eyes.  That breed develops those little fluffy spots there and a fluffy, feathery [...]

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More Info

March 27, 2009

Dang it . . I never can remember everything I want to say.  Here are some other answers to questions. 1.  The tomato paste in a tube – I use the Amore’ brand.  I find that some of the canned tomato pastes are kinda bitter but I don’t find that with the Amore’ brand.  And, [...]

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Questions Answered

March 27, 2009

I try to reply by email to questions asked in comments but when there’s a bunch of the same questions, I figure there’s a few out there who wondered but didn’t ask so I’ll answer some of them here. 1.  When I posted this picture: I was asked what’s in the ziplock bags by the [...]

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